The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Watford region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 11 9 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 5 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 6.944% 12.62% 8.642%
As % of the Application Development category 29.41% 41.94% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
Average daily rate £325 £280 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17 31 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 23.61% 30.10% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 9
Average daily rate £325 £350 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Hertfordshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Watford .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET across the Watford region.

Watford .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Watford region.

Watford .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing .NET also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited .NET.

1 4 (40.00%) SQL
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) Business Objects
2 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (30.00%) VB
2 3 (30.00%) ETL
2 3 (30.00%) Web Services
2 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (20.00%) Android
3 2 (20.00%) VB6
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (20.00%) VBA
3 2 (20.00%) IIS
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (10.00%) COM+
4 1 (10.00%) SOAP
4 1 (10.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (10.00%) ASP
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing .NET also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
2 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) COM+
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) ASP
3 1 (10.00%) JavaBeans
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (10.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Junior DBA
3 2 (20.00%) Junior
3 2 (20.00%) DBA
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Assurance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Web Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Android Developer
4 1 (10.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (10.00%) E-Learning
1 1 (10.00%) Online Games
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ETL
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (10.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) High Availability
2 1 (10.00%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (30.00%) VB
3 2 (20.00%) VB6
3 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (20.00%) VBA
3 2 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Lagan